Designed for a short course on control systems or as a review of the modern approach for professional engineers, this book provides a lucid introduction to control systems topics. The five chapters, "State-Variable Analysis of Continuous-Time Systems,"  "Analysis of Discrete-Time Systems,"  "Stability Analysis of Non-Linear Systems,"  "Optimal Control," and "Adaptive Control" have been written to emphasize concepts and provide only the basic mathematical derivations. The standard topics for a modern approach are covered, e.g., eigenvalues, eigenvectors, the z-transform, Lyapunov's Method, controllability, observability, etc. Numerous examples and exercises have been included in the book for self-study. A CD-ROM with applications and third-party software provides practical design techniques and observations of real control systems.

1. State-Variable Analysis of Continuous-Time Systems
2. Analysis of Discrete-Time Systems
3. Stability Analysis of nonlinear systems
4. Optimal Control
5. Adaptive Control